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Shuttle to offer free CPU coolers with its BTX XPCs.

To promote the first production run of its PCIe-enabled pico-BTX XPC model SB86i, Shuttle Computer will bundle a free BTX CPU cooler with each barebones system, according to sources. Although the sources claimed the 5000 units will begin shipping next week, the company refuted the claim and stated that the systems will not begin shipping until mid-December, although they will be available in retail outlets before Christmas.

Viiv PC ASP to go down by Q4.

The average selling price (ASP) for Viiv PCs is expected to go down by the fourth quarter of 2006, according to Charlotte Lamprecht, director of digital home brand management at Intel"s sales and marketing division, who added that Viiv-based models will be positioned as mainstream desktop PCs in 2-3 years. Currently, the ASP for Viiv PCs begins at $900 and goes as high as $1500-1800.

Wired Keyboards Remotely Hacked From 20 Meters Away.

LASEC, the Security and Cryptography Laboratory, claimed to have found four different ways of remotely capturing keystrokes from wired keyboards from a distance of up to 20 meters away. The keystrokes can be captured through walls, making vulnerable the security of many computers and even possibly ATMs.

Sony ships sneaky DRM software.

Mark Russinovich couldn"t understand how the rootkit had sneaked onto his system. An expert on the internals of the Windows operating system, he was careful when it came to computer security and generally had a pretty good idea of what was running on his PC at any given time. And yet the security tool he was using to check his PC was pretty clear: It had found the rootkit cloaking software typically used by virus and spyware writers. After a bit of detective work, Russinovich eventually tracked down the source: a Sony BMG Music Entertainment CD titled Get Right with the Man, performed by country music duo Donnie and Johnny Van Zant.

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